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Karen Black

Known For: Acting
Born: July 1, 1939
Place of Birth: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Died: August 8, 2013

Karen Black

Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood. Her career spanned over 50 years and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films. Black received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Golden Globe Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. A native of suburban Chicago, Black studied theater at Northwestern University before dropping out and relocating to New York City. She performed on Broadway in 1965 before making her major film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now (1966). Black relocated to California and was cast as an…

Filmography

Airports

2025

Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts

2018 · (archive footage)

Bottomless Pit

2015 · Karen Black

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk

Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk

2014 · Self – Joanne (archive footage)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014 · Linda Magnusson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wild in Blue

2014 · Justine

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

2013 · Self (archive footage)

She Loves Me Not

2013 · Karla

Ooga Booga

2013 · Mrs. Allardyce

Dark Blood

2012 · Motel Woman

Maria My Love

2012 · Maria

OowieWanna

2012 · The Donna

Mommy's Little Monster

Mommy's Little Monster

2012 · Mrs. Melnick

Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone

2012 · Tarot

Letters from the Big Man

2011 · Sean's Colleague

Some Guy Who Kills People

2011 · Ruth Boyd

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

2010 · Self

Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'

2010 · Self

Nothing Special

2010 · May

Double Duty

2009 · Annabelle

Stuck!

2009 · The Neighbor Lady

Repo Chick

2009 · Aunt De La Chasse

Irene in Time

2009 · Sheila Shivvers

Meet the Eye

2009

Wamego: Ultimatum

2009 · Self

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2009 · Self

First Time Long Time

2009 · Dr. Shneidel

A Single Woman

2008 · Storyteller

The Blue Tooth Virgin

2008 · Zena

Watercolors

2008 · Mrs. Martin

Contamination

2008 · Mavis

Hollywood Dreams

2007 · Luna

One Long Night

2007 · Barbara

Suffering Man's Charity

2007 · Renee

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007 · Jennifer

Read You Like a Book

2006 · Kate

Wanderlust

2006 · Herself

Whitepaddy

2006 · Mrs. Leider

America Brown

2005 · Marianne Brown

Firecracker

2005 · Sandra / Eleanor, Editorial Consultant

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

2005 · Agrippina

Crazy for Love

2005 · Grace's Mom

Dr. Rage

2005 · Molly

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2004 · Self

Birth of Industry

2004 · Sara

WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere

2004 · Self

Paris

2003 · Chantelle

Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman

2003 · Mrs. Buttleman

House of 1000 Corpses

2003 · Mother Firefly

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003 · Self

Russians in the City of Angels

2003 · Patricia Sommers

Curse of the Forty-Niner

2002 · Aunt Nelly

A Light in the Darkness

2002 · Mrs. Melnick

Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1

2002 · ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)

Teknolust

2002 · Dirty Dick

Gypsy 83

2001 · Bambi LeBleau

Soulkeeper

2001 · Martha la Magnifica

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 · Vera Morgan

The Donor

2001 · Mrs. Springle

Plotting 'Family Plot'

2001 · Self

The Independent

2000 · Karen Black

Red Dirt

2000 · Aunt Summer

The Invention of Dr. Morel

2000 · Screenplay

Fallen Arches

2000 · Lucy Romano

Oliver Twisted

2000 · Mrs. Mary Happ

Altman on His Own Terms

2000 · Self

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

1999 · Self

The Underground Comedy Movie

1999 · Mother

Mascara

1999 · Aunt Eloise

Conceiving Ada

1999 · Lady Byron / Mother Coer

Paradise Cove

1999 · Ma

Karen Black: Actress at Work

Karen Black: Actress at Work

1999 · Self

Charades

1998 · Jude, Writer, Producer

Bury the Evidence

1998 · The Mother

Angel Blue

1998 · Social Worker

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

1998 · Whip Lady

Rude Awakening

1998 · Crystal Garcia

Invisible Dad

1998 · Courtney Whitmer

Malaika

1998 · Jessica Martin

Light Speed

1998 · High Priestess

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

1998 · Self

Men

1997 · Alex, Writer

The Hunger

1997 · Miss Gati / Landlady

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997 · Self

Stir

1997 · Dr. Gabrielle Kessler

Dogtown

1997 · Rose Van Horn

New York Crossing

1996 · Mrs. Tender

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

1996 · June Rhodes

Profiler

1996 · Evie Long

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Crimetime

1996 · Millicent

Cries of Silence

1996 · Rose Walsh

Every Minute Is Goodbye

Every Minute Is Goodbye

1996

The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley

1995 · Evelyn

Plan 10 from Outer Space

1995 · Nehor, Songs

Dinosaur Valley Girls

1995 · Ro-Kell

Starstruck

1995 · Bertha

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra

1994

Party of Five

1994 · Doreen Jablonsky

Too Bad About Jack

Too Bad About Jack

1994

Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!

1994

Bound and Gagged: A Love Story

1993 · Carla

Tales of the City

1993 · Self

Moon Over Miami

1993

Legend of The Roller Blade Seven

1993 · Tarot

The Trust

1993 · Maria Vandermeer

Return of the Roller Blade Seven

1993 · Tarot

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies

1992 · Auntie Lee

The Double 0 Kid

1992 · Mrs. Elliot

Judgement

1992 · Tiffany Powers

Final Judgement

1992 · Mrs. Sorrel

Tuesday Never Comes

1992 · Michelle

Rubin & Ed

1992 · Rula

The Player

1992 · Karen Black

Dead Girls Don't Tango

1992 · Insp. Wilson

Quiet Fire

1991 · Kim Martino

Evil Spirits

1991 · Ella Purdy

Children of the Night

1991 · Karen Thompson

The Roller Blade Seven

1991 · Tarot

Caged Fear

1991 · Blanche

Blood Money

1991 · Barrett

Ralph S. Mouse

1991 · Miss Kuchenbacker

Mirror Mirror

1990 · Susan Gordon

Club Fed

1990 · Sally Rich

Haunting Fear

1990 · Dr. Julia Harcourt

Night Angel

1990 · Rita

The Children

1990 · Sybil Lullmer

Zapped Again!

1990 · Homeroom Teacher

Twisted Justice

1990 · Mrs. Granger

Overexposed

1990 · Mrs. Trowbridge

Fatal Encounter

1990 · Joan Caldwell

Homer and Eddie

1989 · Belle

Out of the Dark

1988 · Ruth Wilson

Dixie Lanes

1988 · Zelma Putnam

The Invisible Kid

1988 · Mom

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

1988 · Martha Gelhorn

On the tracks of a filmmaker

1988 · Karen Black

Hostage

1987 · Laura Lawrence

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

1987 · Ellen Jarvis

The Little Mermaid

1987 · Sea Witch

Worlds Beyond

1986 · Lee Jeffreys

Invaders from Mars

1986 · Linda Magnusson

Flight of the Spruce Goose

1986 · Gloria

Savage Dawn

1985 · Rachel

Cut and Run

1985 · Karin

Martin's Day

1985 · Karen

Eternal Evil

1985 · Janus

Bad Manners

1984 · Gladys Fitzpatrick

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Dr. Sylvia Dunn

Miami Vice

1984 · Helen Jackson

E/R

1984

The Hitchhiker

1983 · Kay Mason

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

1983 · Zee

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

1982 · Joanne

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982 · Guest Interviewee, Sea Witch

The Last Horror Film

1982 · Karen Black (uncredited)

Miss Right

1982 · Amy

Chanel Solitaire

1981 · Emilienne d'Alençon

The Grass Is Singing

1981 · Mary Turner

Separate Ways

1981 · Valentine Colby

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop

1980 · Investigator Evelyn Carter

Where the Ladies Go

1980 · Helen

Power

1980 · Rose Vanda-Buchanan

Killer Fish

1979 · Kate

The Last Word

1979 · Paula Herbert

Mr. Horn

1979 · Ernestina Crawford

Mr. Horn

1979 · Ernestina Crawford

The Squeeze

1978 · Clarisse Saunders

In Praise of Older Women

1978 · Maya

Because He's My Friend

1978 · Anne

Capricorn One

1977 · Judy Drinkwater

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

1977 · Miriam Oliver / Sandy

Burnt Offerings

1976 · Marian Rolf

Family Plot

1976 · Fran

Crime and Passion

1976 · Susan Winters

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

Nashville

1975 · Connie White, Original Music Composer

The Day of the Locust

1975 · Faye Greener

Trilogy of Terror

1975 · Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia

People's Choice Awards

1975 · Self

Airport 1975

1974 · Nancy Pryor

Law and Disorder

1974 · Gloria

The Great Gatsby

1974 · Myrtle Wilson

Rhinoceros

1974 · Daisy

The Outfit

1973 · Bett Harrow

The Pyx

1973 · Elizabeth Lucy, Songs

Little Laura and Big John

1973 · Laura

Police Story

1973 · Office Evelyn Carter

Ghost Story

1972 · Barbara Sanders

Portnoy's Complaint

1972 · Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey

Cisco Pike

1972 · Sue

Born to Win

1971 · Parm

A Gunfight

1971 · Jenny Simms

Drive, He Said

1971 · Olive

Five Easy Pieces

1970 · Rayette Dipesto

Easy Rider

1969 · Karen

Hard Contract

1969 · Ellen

Adam-12

1968 · Susan Decker

The Name of the Game

1968 · Monica Garrison

Mannix

1967

The Carol Burnett Show

1967 · Self - Guest / Various Characters

Judd, for the Defense

1967

The Second Hundred Years

1967 · Marcia

The Invaders

1967 · Claudia Stone

You're a Big Boy Now

1966 · Amy Partlett

The F.B.I.

1965 · Lorraine Chapman

The Big Valley

1965 · Carla

Run for Your Life

1965 · Jennifer Palmer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self

The Prime Time

1960 · Betty

George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies

George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies

— · Self

Vacationland

— · Louise

Science Fiction Film Awards

— · Herself

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